Equilibrator for boats.



J. SACHAR, EQUILIBRATOR FOR BOATS. APPLICATION men APR .25,19I6. RENEWED FEB. 28, 1918.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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J. SACHAR.

EQUILIBRATOR FOR BOATS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, I916. RENEWED FEB-28.1918.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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JOHN SACHAR, 01E KATO, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR- F ONE-HALF T0 ANTONINE ULANITZKL OF RAMEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed April 25, 1916, Serial No. 93,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SACHAR, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Kato, in the county of Center and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Equilibrators for Boats, of whichthe following is a specification. j

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in equilibrators for boats. l

V Theprimary object of the invention is the provision of adjustable Outriggers for ships adapted for engaging the surface of the water imparting stability to the craft, adjustable wave-piercing members being provided therefor. j v

A further object is toprovide flat waveengaging outriggers adjustably arranged at the bow and stern of a boat and having anti-frictional engagement therewith, the same being adapted for maintaining the equilibrium of the boat during a storm or in rough weather without impeding the progress thereof. V

A still further object is the provision of an outrigger for a boat anti-frictiona'lly shiftably contacting the side thereof and radially adjusted in height from the deck of the boat, the outrigger being arranged at its free end with an adjustable wave-engaging parting member facilitating the progress of the boat therethrough.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boat provided'with the present device.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of the bow portion of the boat with the device partially broken away, the wave spreader being illustrated by dotted lines in its depressed operative position.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a vertical detail sectional view Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918. Renewed February 28, 1918. Serial No. 219,730.

showing the anti-friction means for one of the outriggers.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the same, and,

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view of one of the vertical adjusting means for the device.

The present stabilizing device or equilibrator is serviceable in connection with any large boat or vessel and is herein illustrated in connection with the boat 10, the

said boat being provided with one of the same adjustably attached to both its how 11 and stern 12. Each of the Outriggers is provided upon its lateral edge with a depending flange 34:. j

The bow device illustrated in Figs. 8 and 4t of the drawings consists of a substantially rectangular table form of outrigger 13 having a \l-shaped cut-away portion or notch lt in its rear end adapted for receiving the boat how 11, the outrigger beingvertically adjustable thereon. The bow 11 is provided with a longitudinal slot 15 therein adapted to receive an anti-friction ball member 161 p which is seated within a (lGPl'GSSlOll. 17 in the adjacent edge of the outrigger l3 and retained by means of oppositely arranged plates 18 providing a form ofcage as best illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. Qperating screws 19 are arranged at opposite sides of the bow 11 having their lower ends swiveled in brackets 20 carried by the sides of the boat and journaled in upper brackets 21 also carried by the boat. Opposite bosses 22 are provided upon the edges of the outrigger notch 14: and the screws 19 are threaded therethrough while hand wheels. 23 are provided upon the tops of the said screws adjacentthe boat deck 33. Bv

this arrangement, it will be clear thatby turning the hand wheels 28 in the required direction, the outrigger 13 may be elevated and lowered as found desirable, the shifting of the outrigger 13 being rendered easy by means of the ball bearing 16.

It will be understood that the stern oatrigger 24 is of substantially the same construction as the said how outrigger 13 so that further detailed description thereof will be unnecessary, the identical parts being indicated by the same reference characters as employed in connection with the said bow outrigger, it being noted however, that the inner edge 25 of the stern outrigger 2 1 is of arcuate form to correspond to the boat stern 12 While as before noted, the inner edge 1d of the. bow outrigger is of a shapeto. .conform to the bow 11. In operation, the outriggers 13 and 24 will be adjusted by means of the hand Wheels 23 to a position at sub:v stantially the level of the water when the latter ,is calm and wherebvduringa storm or in the event of highivaves, the said out riggers' will: "assistin finaintaining the boat f 10 upon an even keel. r p A wave piereing device is provided uponthe free outer edge 26 of each of-the ontrigy gers consisting of a pyramidal block 27 hinged as at 2S central1y of tl'le said edge 26 and provided with an adjusting lever29 pivoted to an opposite point upon-the'basethereof as at-'30 and adjustably securedto an upright post 31 of the outri by means of a relnovable bolt 323- x V It will thus beunderstood that whein def sired formse, the outriggers 13nnd 24: be f ing adjusted to the level-of thewater, the-- wave-piercing lne1nbers27 are lowered as shown-by dotted-lines in Fi 3 of-the drawings so that the apices thereof are substan-'- tially in the saine' plane as the outriggers and "whereby during'the travel of the: boat 10, the cone-shaped-blocks 27 pierce the waves, breaking =thesa1ne and preventing the boat and in a"manner"preparing the water forthe' Outriggers to float thereorn While the form of the invention herein shown and described is What-isbelievedto be the preferred i embodiment :thereof, it is nevertheless to be understoodthat: various forms,modifications and arrangements of the-parts may be made Without departing fronr the spirit andscope of theiinvention as claimed.

'What I claim as new is 1. A device-of the class described, coin prising in combinationwith a boatihaving a vertical groove in the bow thereof, a-fla t outriggerhaving a cutaway inner edge"- shi-ftably positioned upon the boatbow; an anti friction member gathered by'fthe inner end of the said cut-away portion in' op:- erative engagement with "the, 1 said groove,

threadedrbosses carried uponithe outrigger adjacent the said cut-away portion thereof, adjustingmscrews swivellymonnted atmopposite sides of thelboatiand positioned through tlie'said bosses, and operating hand Wheels earried=by;-;the tops of the said crews adjacent the deck of the boat.

2. A. device of the class described,- coinprising in combination with a boat having a j'VelblCDil" groove-"in the=bow tliereoffia fiat 6O outrigger having a cut-away inner edge shiftably positioned upon th eboat bow, an antrfr'ictionmenibergathered 'bythe inner end lot the saidcut-away portioln in op-y erative engagementwwith uthe said groove, threaded bosses' carried upon the outrigger adj acent the said cut away portion thereof, adjusting screwsswivelly mounted at opposite sides of the boat and positioned through? the said bosses,- operating a hand whe'els car- 7Q ried bythe tops'of the said"screws-adjacent the deck of the boat, a cone-shaped blo elr pivoted at one edge of? its 'bas'eto the" outer edge of the said outrigger substanti ally centrally thereof, a post upon these-id ontrigger', and an "operating lever pivoted at one end to thebase T of the said block at a point 1 opposite the hinging point thereof and hav ing its other endadjastably attached to the top ot-the saidpost-P 3. Adev'c'e of 'th'e class deseribedg l (30111 prising an -outrigger, P a coneshaped 'blo'ek' pivoted at" one edge-of its'base to.:the-ou'ter edge of the sa-id outriggersubstantially een: trally thereof, f a post upon the: said outri 8 5 ger, and an operating lever pivotedat "one end to the ba'sefof thesaid bloek at apoint opposite the hinging point tl'iereol 1nd hav ing its other endadjustablv attached to the-1w top ofther saidpostnfl 4. An" equi'librirtojin 1 for? boats eonrpri r tablershape'd outrigg .r's havin theirrinner edges cutaway :corr'esp on'c'ling do the form:

- of the bow and stern ofitlre boat, "anti friction nieans arranged: between thd central points of the said cutaway portions and the boat,: and -vertieal z adj usti-ngrnneans for thesaidoutriggersr In testiinonynvherroi 1 'ailii-vl-iny' sigi ratnre (DHN SAGHAR.

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